CPP-BRAIN: Convenient C++ APIs to make your life longer

CPP-BRAIN C++ library consists of modules of swt::brain, swt::brainx and swt::brainxx

-Created by Davy Chen Since August 8th, 2020 In the hot weather of Guangzhou

Hello world

#include "./CPP-BRAIN/cppbrain.h"

swt::brain::print({ "Hello world." });

• No lib linking required.

Guidance for C++ starters

• You don't need to link any lib to your project to use CPP-BRAIN. The C++ code in the library is very lightweight, written inside header files. Include the cppbrain.h, you are good to compile and run.

• CPP-BRAIN uses Templates. C++ Templates are employed only to save developer's time of writing repeated code, nothing beyond that. Here is a decent tutorial to start with: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/templates-cpp/

• class brain is designed for functions without any template variable as their argument, class brainx is for functions with only 1 template variable, class brainxx is for those with 2 template variables. Don't be afraid of it, try it.

• The arguments surrounded by braces in examples are of undetermined count. You can use any number of them, just separate those with a ",".

Help documents

Please reference the following link: docs

Example 1, ONE line of pointer release:

Use:

#include "./CPP-BRAIN/cppbrain.h"

Shanghai* city1 = new Shanghai;
// This line
swt::brainx<Shanghai*>::release(city1);

Instead of:

if (city1)
{
    delete city1;
    city1 = nullptr;
}

Use:

Kirkland* cities = new Kirkland[5];
// This line
swt::brainx<Kirkland*>::release_arr(cities);

Instead of:

if (cities)
{
    delete [] cities;
    cities = nullptr;
}

Example 2, Simplified loop condition, mimic Python's range:

Use:

int i = 5;
while (swt::brain::loop(i))
{
    // Do something 5 times, save your brain
}

Or, use:

for (auto i : swt::brain::range(5))
{
    // Do something 5 times
}

Instead of:

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
{
    // Do something 5 times
}

Example 3, ONE line of string splitting and joining:

Use:

const char* names = "Taylor Swift,Vivian Chow,Pace Wu,Gina Jin,,Jasmine Sun,Sophia Lu,En Chin,Cindy Fei Mok";
// This line
std::vector<std::string> giant_names = swt::brain::split(names, ",");

Instead of:

// You can imagine using C++

Use:

std::vector<std::string> giant_names = {"Taylor Swift", "Vivian Chow", "Pace Wu", "Gina Jin", "Jasmine Sun", "Sophia Lu", "En Chin", "Cindy Fei Mok"};
// This line
std::string giant_names_in_a_row = swt::brainx<std::string>::join(giant_names, "|");

// If you like, use this to print to console
swt::brain::print({ giant_names_in_a_row });

Instead of:

// You can imagine

Example 4, Container's multi-elements deletion:

Use:

std::list<int> list1 = { 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 };
// Left: 2024, 2026, 2028
swt::brainx<int>::delete_elements_by_indices(list1, { 1, 3 });

Instead of:

// You can imagine

Example 5, Container's multi-elements deletion and memory release:

Use:

class City {};
class Montreal : public City {};
class Guangzhou : public City {};
class Seattle : public City {};

std::list<City*> cool_cities = { new Montreal , new Guangzhou , new Seattle };
// This line
std::vector<City*> hot_cities = swt::brainx<City*>::delete_elements_by_indices(cool_cities, { 1 }, true);

// Release: Guangzhou
swt::brainx<City*>::release(hot_cities);
// Release: Montreal, Seattle
swt::brainx<City*>::release(cool_cities);

Instead of:

// You can imagine

Example 6, ONE line of array processing, mimic JavaScript's map Function:

Use:

// Input radii of circles and a Lambda function to calculate their areas
std::vector<float> areas = swt::brainx<float>::map({ 1.0f, 2.0f, 4.0f, 8.0f, 16.0f }, [](float radius) {
        // Area formula of Circle
        return 3.1415926f * radius * radius;
    });

Instead of:

// You can imagine

Example 7, Clamp a value:

Use:

const int test_month = 15;
// This line, both ends of the range are inclusive
const int a_valid_month = swt::brainx<int>::clamp(test_month, 1, 12);

Instead of:

// You can imagine

Example 8, Trigger a function based on a value:

Use:

class Gates { public: void is() { swt::brain::print({ "Co-founder of Microsoft." }); } };
const Gates* bill = new Gates;
// This line
swt::brainx<Gates*>::if_true(bill, [](Gates* bill) {
        bill->is();
    });

Instead of:

// You can imagine

Example 9, Tell if a value lies in a range:

Use:

const int test_year = 2024;
// This line, the range is 2000(inclusive) to 3000(exclusive)
const bool is_21th_century = swt::brainx<int>::in_range_i_e(test_year, 2000, 3000);

Instead of:

// You can imagine

More examples, more APIs

Please check: examples\Examples.cpp

Tested

1. Windows 11 & Visual Studio C++ 2022
2. Windows 11 & Visual Studio C++ 2019 & Qt 5.15.2
   Windows 11 & Visual Studio C++ 2019 & Qt 6.5.3
   Windows 11 & MingGW & Qt 5.15.2
   Windows 11 & MingGW & Qt 6.5.3

History

• October 26th, 2024 - Version 1 is frozen, Version 2 is current development version.

Major changes are class names are shortened:
swt::CPPBrain -> swt::brain
swt::CPPBrainx -> swt::brainx
swt::CPPBrainxx -> swt::brainxx

Culture

Question: Why do we use "swt" as the namespace of the project?

Answer: "swt" is short for "sweet". The adjective stands for a longing of the dream life living in your mind where the persistent dream has been developed since the your very first taste to the beauty of the world and human. While through all the rains and storms in your life the flame of the dream has yet been put out.

Wish sweet smiles, sweet people, sweet places, sweet moments, sweet stories, sweet endings to sweet you in everyday.